Ana Gabriela da Cunha Ribeiro (E615-EE57-0F84)

Curriculum Vitae

Gabriela Ribeiro

Gabriela Ribeiro (GR) is an Assistant Professor (Metabolism & Nutrition LAB) at NOVA Medical School (NMS) and an affiliated researcher of the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC). GR holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience (2022) from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon (FMUL), an M.Sc. in Metabolic Diseases and Eating Behavior (2015) from FMUL, and a B.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Porto (2010). GR's PhD work focused on reward-driven eating behavior (R-dEb) as a marker of obesity and its modulation by bariatric surgery. This research resulted from a collaborative effort between the Neuropsychiatry and Nuclear Medicine-Radiopharmacology units at the Champalimaud Research & Clinical Center in Lisbon, under the supervision of Oliveira-Maia A.J. Later, she was a postdoctoral fellow at APC Microbiome, University College Cork, Ireland, under the supervision of John F. Cryan in research on the impact of diet on the microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA), stress and cognitive function. GR's research work advanced knowledge of bio-behavioral determinants of eating behavior. She contributed to demonstrating that altered R-rEb, including hedonic hunger and sweet taste perception, is associated with obesity and predicts weight loss after bariatric surgery. GR also contributed to show, for the first time, that postingestive reinforcement is conserved in obesity and is related to dopaminergic physiology. She validated the first R-rEb for the Portuguese population (The Power of Food Scale), a population-based study. It has been used in several studies in Portugal and Brazil. GR was funded with competitive doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships and 13 scientific distinctions, including prizes, travel awards, and competitive training programs. She is also a registered dietitian-nutritionist (Clinical Nutrition Specialist, CP1838N), obesity advocate, and eating disorders trainer. GR's research currently focuses on the role of the MGBA on R-dEb and on identifying early bio-behavioral predictors of weight and appetite dysregulation. Keywords: eating behavior; food reward; sweet taste; dopaminergic physiology; microbiota-gut-brain axis; cognitive function; obesity; eating disorders; clinical nutrition; prediction; biomarkers.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Gabriela da Cunha Ribeiro

Citation names

Gabriela Ribeiro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E615-EE57-0F84
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2232-0115

Email addresses

gabriela.ribeiro@nms.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Campo dos Mártires da Pátria 130 Lisboa, 1169-056, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Italian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/09/01 - 2022/05/06 Concluded	PhD Neuroscience (Doutoramento) Major in Neuroscience Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Reward-related markers of excess weight and weight loss predictors in bariatric surgery." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with Distinction and Honours
2012 - 2014 Concluded	Doenças Metabólicas e Comportamento Alimentar (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "Validation of the Power of Food Scale and the Yale Food Addiction Scale for the adult Portuguese Population." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 (Grade A:18/20)
2013 Concluded	Doenças Metabólicas e Comportamento Alimentar (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010 Concluded	Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal "The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Eating Behavior." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/01 - 2022/06/30	Postdoc (Research)	University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
	University College Cork, Ireland
2016/09/01 - 2021/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2012/04/01 - 2014/11/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/01 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Assessor Superior (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Nutrição)	Hospital CUF Descobertas, Portugal
	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2016/07/01	Nutricionista Principal (Técnico Nutricionista)	Clínica Bodyscience Lisboa , Portugal

2011/12/01 - 2014/05/01	Nutricionista Principal (Técnico Nutricionista)	Clínica Psikairos, psicologia e saúde, Portugal

2011/10/01 - 2014/05/01	Nutricionista Principal (Técnico Nutricionista)	Gabinete de Psicologia , Portugal

2011/04/01 - 2011/08/01	Nutricionista Estagiário (Técnico Nutricionista)	Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Italy

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2012/06/11 - 2014/06/10	Dopaminergic neurotransmission in dietary learning and obesity. 123800 PhD Student Fellow Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/30	a Federated Artificial Intelligence solution for moniToring mental Health status after cancer treatment 875358 10.3030/875358 Researcher South East Technological University, Ireland	European Commission Concluded
2022/01/01 - 2022/06/30	NutriMicroBrain - An interventional study on the association between diet and cognitive function and stress in healthy volunteers. 3932 R20789 Post-doc Fellow University College Cork, Ireland	Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2021/12/30	Reinforcement learning from post-ingestive calories: from body to brain in health and disease 950357 10.3030/950357 Researcher Centro Clínico Champalimaud, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2012/06/01 - 2015/06/01	Dopaminergic regulation of dietary learning in humans and rodents. Bursary 176/10 Researcher Fundação Bial, Portugal	Concluded
2011 - 2014	Validation study of the Power of Food Scale and Yale Food Addiction Scale for the adult Portuguese population EUROCONSUMERS Master Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Gabriela Ribeiro. "Association between reward-related feeding behavior and depression: relevance for obesity.". Paper presented in European and International Congress on Obesity., Dublin, 2020. Published • 10.1111/obr.13115 Gabriela Ribeiro. "Enhanced sweet taste sensitivity in candidates for bariatric surgery.". Paper presented in 26th European Congress on Obesity, Glasgow, 2020. Published • 10.1159/000497797 Gabriela Ribeiro. "Longitudinal trends in reward-related feeding behavior and palatability after weight loss surgery.". Paper presented in 25th European Congress on Obesity., Vienna, 2018. 10.1159/00048969 Gabriela Ribeiro. "Modulation of postingestive reward mechanisms by weight loss surgery.". Paper presented in 24th European Congress on Obesity., Porto, 2017. Published • 10.1159/00046895
Conference poster	Cavaglia, Rita; Ribeiro, Gabriela; Camacho, Marta; Fernandes, Ana; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.; F. Study Group. "Exploring the association between depression and reward related feeding behaviour.". Paper presented in FENS Regional Meeting 2023, 2023. Gabriela Ribeiro. "Reward-related gustatory and psychometric predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: a multicenter cohort study.". Paper presented in EASO New Investigators United Autumn School. Naples, Italy., 2019. Gabriela Ribeiro. "Longitudinal trends in reward-related feeding behavior and palatability after weight-loss surgery.". Paper presented in Champalimaud Research Symposium - Quantitative approaches to Behaviour & Neural Systems., 2018. Gabriela Ribeiro. "Flavor-nutrient conditioning is disrupted by weight loss surgery.". 2016.
Journal article	Gabriela Ribeiro; Harriët Schellekens; Cristina Cuesta-Marti; Ivie Maneschy; Shámila Ismael; Amanda Cuevas-Sierra; J. Alfredo Martínez; et al. "A Menu for Microbes: Unraveling Appetite Regulation and Weight Dynamics Through the Microbiota-Brain Connection Across the Lifespan". American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00227.2024. 10.1152/ajpgi.00227.2024 Ribeiro, Gabriela; Fernandes, Ana B.; Oliveira, Francisco P. M.; Duarte, João S.; Oliveira, Manuela; Limbert, Clotilde; Costa, Rui M.; Costa, Durval C.; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Postingestive reward acts through behavioral reinforcement and is conserved in obesity and after bariatric surgery". PLOS Biology 22 12 (2024): e3002936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002936. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002936 Ribeiro, Gabriela; Maia, Ana; Cotovio, Gonçalo; Oliveira, Francisco P. M.; Costa, Durval C.; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Striatal dopamine D2-like receptors availability in obesity and its modulation by bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31250-2. 10.1038/s41598-023-31250-2 Lemos, Raquel; Areias-Marques, Sofia; Ferreira, Pedro; O’Brien, Philip; Beltrán-Jaunsarás, María Eugenia; Gabriela Ribeiro; Martín, Miguel; et al. "A prospective observational study for a Federated Artificial Intelligence solution for moniToring mental Health status after cancer treatment (FAITH): study protocol". BMC Psychiatry 22 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04446-5. Published • 10.1186/s12888-022-04446-5 Gabriela Ribeiro; Torres, Sandra; Fernandes, Ana B.; Camacho, Marta; Branco, Teresa L.; Martins, Sandra S.; Raimundo, Armando; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Enhanced sweet taste perception in obesity: Joint analysis of gustatory data from multiple studies". Frontiers in Nutrition 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1028261. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnut.2022.1028261 Gabriela Ribeiro; Aimone Ferri; Gerard Clarke; John F. Cryan. Corresponding author: John F. Cryan. "Diet and the microbiota-gut-brain-axis: a primer for clinical nutrition". Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care 25 6 (2022): 443-450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/mco.0000000000000874. Open access • Published • 10.1097/mco.0000000000000874 Gabriela Ribeiro; Harriet Schellekens; Cristina Cuesta-Marti; John Cryan. "The microbiome-gut-brain axis in nutritional neuroscience". Nutritional Neuroscience (2022): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1028415x.2022.2128007. Published • 10.1080/1028415x.2022.2128007 Gabriela Ribeiro; Albino J. Oliveira-Maia. "Sweet taste and obesity". European Journal of Internal Medicine 92 (2021): 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2021.01.023. Published • 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.01.023 Gabriela Ribeiro; Camacho, Marta; Fernandes, Ana B; Cotovio, Gonçalo; Torres, Sandra; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J. "Reward-related gustatory and psychometric predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: a multicenter cohort study". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 113 3 (2021): 751-761. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa349. Published • 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa349 Camacho, Marta; Almeida, Sílvia; Moura, Ana Rita; Fernandes, Ana B.; Gabriela Ribeiro; da Silva, Joaquim Alves; Barahona-Corrêa, J. Bernardo; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Hypomania Symptoms Across Psychiatric Disorders: Screening Use of the Hypomania Check-List 32 at Admission to an Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic". Frontiers in Psychiatry 9 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00527. 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00527 Gabriela Ribeiro; Camacho, Marta; Santos, Osvaldo; Pontes, Cristina; Torres, Sandra; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Association between hedonic hunger and body-mass index versus obesity status". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23988-x. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-23988-x Torres, Sandra; Camacho, Marta; Costa, Patrício; Gabriela Ribeiro; Santos, Osvaldo; Vieira, Filipa Mucha; Brandão, Isabel; Sampaio, Daniel; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale". Eat Weight Disord (2017): Published • 10.1007/s40519-016-0349-6 Gabriela Ribeiro; Santos, Osvaldo; Camacho, Marta; Torres, Sandra; Mucha-Vieira, Filipa; Sampaio, Daniel; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Power of Food Scale for Use by Adult Populations in Portugal". Acta Médica Portuguesa 28 5 (2015): 575. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.6517. Published • 10.20344/amp.6517 Ribeiro, Gabriela; Santos, Osvaldo; Sampaio, Daniel. "Obesidade: um fenótipo de dependência?". (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/19969. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpedm.2014.12.002 "Recompensa alimentar: mecanismos envolvidos e implicações para a obesidade". Revista Portuguesa de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo 8 2 (2013): 82-88. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1646343913000400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpedm.2013.09.001
Preprint	Pita, Carlos; Silva, Inês P.; Colaço, Ana Rita; Brotas, Margarida; Felgueiras, Beatriz; Nogueira, Beatriz; Carreira, Olga; et al. "Communicating Science Matters: Evidence from the BASCOE Study, a quantitative study from Brain Awareness Week outreach activities". 2024. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ebr2k. 10.31235/osf.io/ebr2k Gabriela Ribeiro; Fernandes, Ana B.; Oliveira, Francisco P.M.; Duarte, João S.; Oliveira, Maria; Limbert, Clotilde; Costa, Rui M.; Costa, Durval C.; Oliveira-Maia, Albino J.. "Postingestive reinforcement is conserved in obesity and after bariatric surgery.". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.17.23292625. 10.1101/2023.07.17.23292625

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/02/22	Invited Speaker \| Nutrition and microbiota: impact on mental health?	Nutrition Insights 2025 Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11/23	Invited Speaker \| Nutrition and mental health: relevance for obesity	28º Congresso Português de Obesidade Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/10/17	Invited Speaker \| Bidirectional relationship between obesity and psychopathology: neurosciences perspective	Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria Sociedade Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental (Albufeira, Portugal)
2024/06/15	Invited Speaker \| The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis	III Jornadas de Medicina e do Exercicio e Desporto Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/01/25	Invited Speaker \| Determinants of appetite regulation and weight status across lifespan - focus on the microbiota gut-brain axis	8th International Conference on Childhood and Adolescence (ICCA 2024) (Peniche, Portugal)
2023/10/31	Invited Speaker \| Reward-related markers of excess weight and weight loss predictors in bariatric surgery	Sessão Clínica - Hospital CUF Descobertas Hospital CUF Descobertas (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/01/06	Invited Speaker \| The role of Gut-Brain-Axis in Neurology	I Symposium of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Portuguese Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/05	Invited Speaker \| Feeding and Behavior: Impact of diet in gut-brain interactions	University of Aveiro Psychology Meeting Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/06/06	Invited Speakear \| Neuroscience and obesity: a new relationship	Annual Meeting, Coimbra Health School Coimbra Health School (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/11/05	Invited Speaker \| Markers of excess weight and weight loss predictors in bariatric surgery	24th Portuguese Conference on Obesity Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade
2020/11	Invited Speaker \| Neurosciences, Reward-related Feeding Behavior and Weight Management	24th Portuguese Conference on Obesity Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/11	Invited Speaker \| Feeding behavior regulation: understanding and assisting people living with obesity	23º Congresso Português de Obesidade Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade (Braga , Portugal)
2017/05	Invited Speaker \| Obesidade à luz dos desafios da saúde pública e da sustentabilidade: visão da investigação	XVI Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/05	Invited Speaker \| Hedonic hunger and food addiction: implications for obesity	XIII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/11/01 - Current	Metabolic reward: Unraveling the interplay between reward-related eating behavior and glycemic responses Supervisor	Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Master) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2024/11/01 - Current	Reward-related eating behavior and outcomes of an intervention for obesity treatment. Supervisor	Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Master) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2024/11/01 - Current	Characterization of Nutritional Risk at Admission and Clinical Outcomes of Neurological Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Observational Study – A Decade of Data Collection. Co-supervisor	Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Master) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19	Obesity and depression: exploring the roots of shared biology & behaviour I World Obesity Day activity (2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19) Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/11 - 2023/11	Gut-Brain-Axis targeted diets: a hands-on approach. Culinary Medicine Workshop developed for BoostX - ScaleUp Tourism program (2023/11 - 2023/11) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/09 - 2023/09	European Researchers' Night activities 2023 - Can we Keep our Brains healthy to live better and longer? (2023/09 - 2023/09) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/03/11 - 2023/03/17	NOVA Medical School Brain Awareness Week: Can we Keep our Brains healthy to live better and longer? Initiative funded by Dana Foundation - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. (2023/03 - 2023/03) Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2021/09/15	Symposium: Chemosensory Modulation of Feeding Behaviours at the European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO) Conference 2021. (2021/09/15) Symposium (Co-organisor)	European Chemoreception Research Organization, France
2020/04 - 2020/04	Workshop: Multidisciplinary treatment of obesity: the perspective of different specialties. Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho (2020 - 2020) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2020/03/03 - 2020/03/03	Obesity at the Interface of Neuroscience and Physiology, 2nd edition. Workshop of the World Obesity Day funded by the World Obesity Federation/Novo Nordisk. (2020/03/03) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06	Workshop: Good bacteria, 'dirty' body, and healthy mind. Champalimaud Research Annual Retreat (2019 - 2019) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019/05/22 - 2019/05/22	Obesity at the interface of Neuroscience and Physiology. Workshop of the European Obesity Day funded by the World Obesity Federation/Novo Nordisk. (2018/05/22 - 2019/05/22) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/11/10 - 2024/11/10	Moderator \| The role of hormones in obesity I N2S Conference	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2024/10/25 - 2024/10/25	Moderator \| Can We Fix Our Food System Before It Is Too Late \| Estoril Conferences 2024 Conference	Estoril Conferences Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2024/06/26 - 2024/06/26	Moderator \| Crosstalk between gut microbiota and adiposity I Portuguese Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Round table	Sociedade Portuguesa de Nutriçao Clínica e Metabolismo , Portugal
2024/04/13 - 2024/04/13	Moderator I Round Table: Obesity I Portuguese Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism	II Simpósio de Nutrição Clínica e Metabolismo Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024/06/01 - Current	European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (NL)	Member (No. 06196)
2021/04/01 - Current	American Society of Nutrition (US)	No 95876
2018/10/01 - Current	World Obesity Federation (UK)	Member
2017/04/01 - Current	European Association for the Study of Obesity (UK)	Member (No. 688), Early Career Network member
2017 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade (PT)	Member (No. 688)
2015 - Current	Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição (PT)	Regular Member
2013/05/31 - Current	Ordem dos Nutricionistas (PT)	Efective member, Specialist in Clinical Nutrition (CP 1738N)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019/11 - 2021/12	Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity Young Investigators Group Member	Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade , Portugal
2019/11 - 2021/11	Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity Nutrition Working Group Advisor / Consultant	Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade , Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current	Coordinator and lecturer - Curricular Unit "Clinical Research in Nutrition"	Master in Clinical Research Management (Mestrado)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2024/01/01 - Current	Lecturer - Session "Nutrition and Mental Health"	Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/09/15 - Current	Lecturer and practical training coordinator - Curricular Unit "Nutrition and Metabolism I"	Licenciatura em Ciências da Nutrição (Bacharelato)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/09/02 - Current	Lecturer - Session "Gut-Brain Axis: Implications for Clinical Nutrition"	Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/05/05 - Current	Lecturer - Session "The Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Axis: Microbes, Brain and Behaviour"	Nutrição Humana e Metabolismo (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/03/16 - Current	Coordinator and lecturer - Curricular Unit "Omics and Nutrition"	International Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (Doutoramento)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2023/02/19 - Current	Coordinator and lecturer - Curricular Unit "Gastrotechnics"	Licenciatura em Ciências da Nutrição (Bacharelato)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2022/10/18 - Current	Lecturer - Sessions "mechanisms of appetite regulation" and "binge eating disorder"	Advanced Course in Eating Disorders (Diploma de especialização)	Academia Clínica Espregueira, Portugal
2022/09/15 - Current	Lecturer - Sessions "Prevalence, definition and treatment of eating disorders" and "eating disorders - clinical cases"	Licenciatura em Ciências da Nutrição (Bacharelato)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2022/03 - Current	Lecturer - Session "The role of metabolism in appetite regulation"	Medicina (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2021/10 - 2023/10	Lecturer - Session "Neurosciences, eating behaviour and weight management"	Doenças Metabólicas e Comportamento Alimentar (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/05 - 2022/05	Lecturer - Session: "Neurobiology of feeding behavior"	Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
2022/03/23 - 2022/03/23	Lecturer - Session "Eating circuits & disorders"	Physiology and Psychology (Postgraduate Certificate)	The American University in Cairo, Egypt
2018/10 - 2020/10	Lecturer - Session "Neurosciences and appetite regulation"	Clinical Nutrition (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024/12/20	Do creatine supplements play a role in preventing Alzheimer's disease? (Será que a creatina poderá ajudar a prevenir a doença de Alzheimer?)	New in Town
2024/09/24	The secrets to keep our brains healthy (Os segredos para manter o cérebro jovem)	Revista Sábado
2023/12/29	How the foods we eat affect mental health (Como os alimentos que comemos afetam a saúde mental).	Expresso
2023/02/04	Obesity, diets and mental health, it's all interconnected and the sweet taste has a key role (obesidade, dietas e saúde mental, está tudo ligado. E o sabor doce tem um papel de destaque)	CNN Portugal
2023/01/10	People with obesity perceive sweet taste more intensely (Pessoas obesas percepcionam o sabor doce com mais intensidade)	Jornal Público
2023/01/01	Health-related fact checking articles (ongoing)	Viral Check
2018/04/12	Eating just for pleasure doesn't make people obese, but it helps (Comer só por prazer não torna uma pessoa obesa mas ajuda)	Jornal Público
2018/04/11	Eating for pleasure won't be enough to make you obese but will help (Comer por prazer não chega para o fazer obeso, mas ajuda)	Observador
2018/04/11	Do you enjoy eating a lot? At the end is not gluttony that explains obesity (Gosta muito de comer? Afinal, não é a "gula" que explica a obesidade)	Diário de Notícias

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2024/01/10 - 2024/01/10	Podcast "Que voz é esta?"	Nutrition and Mental Health
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04	Sociedade Civil	Winter Recommendations
2023/07 - 2023/07	Alô Portugal	NOVA Summer Medical School: lifestyle
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/19	Viver Saudável - O Podcast dos Nutricionistas	Nutrição e Saúde mental
2023/05 - 2023/05	Podcast Conversas de Boca	O papel da recompensa nas escolhas alimentares
2015/06/15 - 2015/06/15	Alô Portugal	Eating Behaviour and weight management
2015/03/06 - 2015/03/06	Sociedade Civil	Sugar: The new drug (Açúcar: a nova droga)
2014/06/21 - 2014/06/21	Praça da Alegria	Healthy Eating

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2024/11/01 - Current	Development of a research protocol for assessment of eating behavior in children and adolescents in laboratory conditions (postgraduate internship)	Margarida Silva
2024/06/01 - Current	Development of a recipe book focused on nutrition and mental health	Margarida Martins
2023/10/01 - Current	Nutrition and Metabolism (teaching staff)	Beatriz Nogueira
2023/09/01 - Current	Clinical Nutrition (clinical training in university hospital)	BSc Nutritional Sciences 4th year students
2024/11/01 - 2025/01/31	Nutritional neurosciences: From research to community-based interventions (postgraduate International Internship)	Georgia Vagiakakou
2024/01/16 - 2024/07/31	How Blackberry Shapes Mitochondrial Function in Obesity (postgraduate internship)	Inês Teixeira Duarte
2023/09/01 - 2023/12/15	Nutrition and Metabolism (teaching staff mobility)	Prof. Ivie Reis Maneschy
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01	Nutrition and Metabolism - Culinary Medicine (postgraduate internship)	Ana Rodrigues

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/06/01 - Current	Jury member of the "best final project", International Programme NMS Summer Medical School & Monterrey University	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
2022/02/25 - Current	Jury member of the national exam for access to professional practice in clinical nutrition	Ordem dos Nutricionistas, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2021/01/01	Abstract Reviewer of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Congress

Distinctions

Award

2024	Travel grant to EASO 31st Congress of Obesity. Venice, IT. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2024	Travel grant ECNP to ECNP Workshop on Clinical Research Methods. Barcelona, SP. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands
2024	EASO Award for Best Collaborative Project of the World Obesity Day Europe 2024 activities European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2020	EASO/Novo Nordisk grant for the European Obesity Day 2020 activities, attributed to Ribeiro G. & Pirzgalska R. London, UK. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2019	European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)/Novo Nordisk grant for the European Obesity Day 2020 activities, attributed to Ribeiro G. & Pirzgalska R. London, UK. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2019	Clinical Kickstarter research grant (Champalimaud Foundation) ifor funding the project Ribeiro/DR2Binding2019, attributed to Ribeiro G & Oliveira-Maia AJ. Lisbon, PT. Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2019	Travel Grant to EASO New Investigators United Autumn School. EASO. Napoli, IT. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2018	Travel grant to Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE) School Brazil. World Obesity Federation. Rio de Janeiro, BR World Obesity Federation, United Kingdom
2018	Travel grant to SCOPE school London. World Obesity Federation. London, UK. World Obesity Federation, United Kingdom
2018	Travel Grant to EASO Collaborating Centers for Obesity Management Summit. EASO. Leipzig, DE. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2018	Travel Grant to EASO Summer School: Training the Trainers in the Prevention and Management of Obesity. EASO. Annecy, FR. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2017	Best poster prize at the 24th European Congress on Obesity in Health, Behavior and Environment. European Association for the Study of Obesity. Porto, PT. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2017	Travel Grant to EASO New Investigators United Autumn School. EASO. Palma de Mallorca, ES. European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2016	Honorable mention for the best oral presentation in nutrition at the 20º Congresso Português de Obesidade. Porto, PT. Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade , Portugal

Other distinction

2024	ECPO/EASO grant for the European Obesity Day 2024 activities, attributed to Ribeiro G. Dublin, IE.
2021	Post-doctoral Fellowship (Private philanthropy, No 3932 R20789). Cork, IE University College Cork APC Microbiome Institute, Ireland
2017	PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD/128783/2017). Lisbon, PT. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016	Doctoral Scholarship (BD2015 call). Lisbon, PT: Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2011	Leonardo Da Vinci fellowship awarded for an internship in Ospedale San Paolo/ Facoltà di Medicina i Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano. Milan, IT.